Red Book Unit 2
Short Stories
~ Purpose for Reading ~

Reading to LearnWays to Read

Skim-rapid reading for determining thegeneral overall content of the test

Scan-rapid reading for specificinformation in the text

Extensive-reading slower and more closelyfor enjoyment or understanding the content

Intensive-deep reading of text for learning or understanding complex content

Reading takes lots of thinking.


Think BEFORE Reading
Look over the text:
*check the title
*look at the pictures - Predict what the text will be about


Think DURING Reading
Visualize: try to picture what you are reading
Notice if you don't understand.
*Re-read if you don't understand.
Check your predictions


Think AFTER ReadingTell yourself or someone what the reading was about.
Ask for help if you don't understand part of the reading.